map_range_demo.py

"""
'map_range_demo.py'.

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maps a number from one range to another
"""
import time
import simpleio

while True:
    sensor_value = 150

    # Map the sensor's range from 0<=sensor_value<=255 to 0<=sensor_value<=1023
    print('original sensor value: ', sensor_value)
    mapped_value = simpleio.map_range(sensor_value, 0, 255, 0, 1023)
    print('mapped sensor value: ', mapped_value)
    time.sleep(2)

    # Map the new sensor value back to the old range
    sensor_value = simpleio.map_range(mapped_value, 0, 1023, 0, 255)
    print('original value returned: ', sensor_value)
    time.sleep(2)